Migra!

Kelly Lytle Hernandez is Assistant Professor in the Department of History and Associate Director of the Chicano Studies Research Center at the University of California, Los Angeles.

"If you had to choose one book as a starting place for an intelligent discussion about immigration issues, you would do well to begin with Migra! by UCLA assistant professor of history Kelly Lytle Hernandez. [It] is surprisingly complex and nuanced." Tucson Weekly "A Useful resource for any scholar seeking to understand the complex dynamics of race, migration, and law in the twentieth century." Law & History Review "Hernandez offers well-documented accounts and analysis that bring considerable value to obtaining a resolution to the problem." -- Geri Spieler New York Journal Of Books "Migra! stands as a major contribution, successfully revising our understanding of border policing." -- Eric Vaughn Meeks Journal Of American History "A thorough and substantive study of the United States Border Patrol, or la migra in colloquial Spanish." Hispanic Amer Historical Review "A meticulously researched. interesting, and enjoyable book." The Historian "Migra! is undoubtedly a valuable book, especially as a storehouse of information and as an introduction to a new, international perspective on American immigration. Sections of it will undoubtedly become the foundations of research that will continue to broader our understanding many years into the future." American Book Review "An interesting and valuable book." Historian "The most thorough history of the Border Patrol to date." -- George T. Diaz Southwestern Historical Quarterly

• Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Map of the U.S.-Mexico Border Region Introduction Part One: Formation 1. The Early Years of the U.S. Border Patrol 2. A Sanctuary of Violence: The U.S. Border Patrol in the Greater Texas-Mexico Borderlands 3. The California-Arizona Borderlands 4. Mexico's Labor Emigrants, America's Illegal Immigrants: The Rise of Mexican Emigration Control Part Two: Transformation 5. A New Beginning: World War II and the U.S. Border Patrol 6. The Corridors of Migration Control 7. Uprising: A Farmers' Rebellion Part Three: Operation Wetback and Beyond 8. The Triumphs of {apos}54 9. "The Day of the Wetback Is Over": Migration Control and Crime Control in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands Epilogue Notes Selected Bibliography Index